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job shop

American  

noun

  1. an agency or plant that supplies technical personnel or performs a specific function in a manufacturing process, usually on short-term temporary contracts.


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The company, which is based in Crestview Hills, Ky., and has about 50 employees, began as a commercial job shop.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2012

In Philadelphia, other magazines felt the squeeze of job shop strikes.

From Time Magazine Archive

I now act as editor and advertising manager, write all page one stories, manage the job shop, handle circulation.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Journal earned enough to permit purchase of many a new machine for the job shop.

From Time Magazine Archive

They didn't get here from the job shop till half an hour ago.

From Lad: A Dog by Terhune, Albert Payson

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